Usefulness of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Management Solution

Seoul National University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Smartphone app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03392259

B-1712-438-307

Details and patient eligibility

About

We previously developed the smartphone app (Heart4U) which is coupled with electronic medical record system in Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. In this study, we aim to evaluate clinical usefulness of smartphone app regarding the control of conventional risk factors in patients with history of cardiovascular disease.

Enrollment: 666 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseae

  1. history of cardiovascular disease (acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stable angina)
  2. history of revascularization including percutaneous coronary intervention, peripheral angioplasty or bypass surgery
  3. history of stroke
  4. history of peripheral arterial disease presumed to be of atherosclerotic origin

• Patients who have smartphone and can use app by themselves

• Patients who can speak and read Korean language

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with evidences of delirium, confusion or impaired consciousness
• Patients who are not familiar to smartphone or app
• Patients who are not supposed to follow the study protocol adequately.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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666 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

conventional treatment

App group

Experimental group

Description:

conventional treatment + use of smartphone app.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smartphone app